Abstract: Simple reliability analyses, involving neither complex theory nor unfamiliar terms, can be used in routine geotechnical engineering practice. These simple reliability analyses require little effort beyond that involved in ...

Abstract: Consolidation settlements are often large and potentially damaging to structures. Estimating their magnitudes, and the rates at which they will occur, plays an important part in many civil engineering projects. At Bay Farm ...

Abstract: The characteristic load method (CLM) for analysis at laterally loaded piles and drilled shafts can be used to accurately estimate ground-line deflections and maximum bending moments for both free-head and fixed-head piles ...

Abstract: In a vast majority of cases, seepage barriers increase the reliability of dams. However, it is important to recognize that seepage barriers often drastically increase hydraulic gradients around the boundaries of the barrier, ...

Abstract: A procedure is presented for analyzing postconstruction deformation of seepage barriers due to changes in the pore pressure regime after seepage barrier construction. The procedure uses the changes in pore pressures ...

Abstract: Retaining walls that do not move are customarily designed based on the assumption of at-rest conditions, with no consideration of vertical shear loads applied by the backfill. However, field and laboratory measurements ...

Abstract: Although pile caps have considerable ability to resist lateral loads, this resistance is often neglected in design. Published cases involving a variety of pile and cap sizes, soil conditions, and loading conditions indicate ...

Abstract: A slide in the upstream slope of California's San Luis Dam on September 4, 1981, was caused by a loss of strength in the stiff clay in the foundation beneath the slope. This loss in strength, which occurred over 14 years ...